Reviewing Random Films For Fun

December 31, 2015

A Clockwork Orange #MovieReview

Film 277 in the ‘1001 Films to See Before You Die’ challenge is 1971’s “A Clockwork Orange”. Based on Anthony Burgess’ novel of the same name, this Stanley Kubrick dystopian crime is about a charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge who is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society’s crime problem – but not all goes according to plan. What did I just watch? My mind! It’s been blown to bits. If you couldn’t tell, this was the first time I had seen this and I had no idea what to expect apart from two infamous scenes and the odd bit of ultra-violence. For the first 35 minutes, this was easily becoming one of my favourite films. Then the rest of the film confused the hell out of me. This film did a very good job of telling me that Alex is the hero in the film and everyone else is a bastard. One question I would ask is, where was Pete after Alex was released from prison? I’m glad I have finally watched this but I don’t think I want to watch it for a second time. Overall, this was fun to watch but it really messed up my gullivars (I think that’s what Alex called his brain). In 2009, Malcolm McDowell had this to say about the film, ‘I think it’d be impossible if you took that script into a studio and tried to pitch it today…’. Fun fact of the film – Alex’s snake was introduced to the story after Kubrick found out that McDowell had a fear of reptiles. If you have seen this film then let me know what you thought of it in the comments. Here is what I had to say while watching 1971’s “A Clockwork Orange”